(19)
(11) EP 0 373 972 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
09.01.1991 Bulletin 1991/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
20.06.1990 Bulletin 1990/25

(21) Application number: 89313232.4

(22) Date of filing: 18.12.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: G07B 17/02, G01G 19/00, B07C 1/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
CH DE FR GB LI

(30) Priority: 16.12.1988 US 285146

(71) Applicant: PITNEY BOWES INC.
Stamford Connecticut 06926-0700 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Sansone, Ronald P.,
    Weston, Connecticut 06880 (US)
  • Keating, Raymond,
    Purdys, New York 10578 (US)
  • Wall, Joseph W.,
    Monroe, Connecticut 06468 (US)
  • Durst, Robert T. Jr.,
    Fairfield, Connecticut 06430 (US)

(74) Representative: Cook, Anthony John et al
D. YOUNG & CO. 21 New Fetter Lane
London EC4A 1DA
London EC4A 1DA (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Certified weigher-short paid mail


    (57) A system for certifying correctly accounted postage com­prises an input means for entering transactional mail run data and data processing means coupled to the input means. Documents to be certified are fed along a document feed path, and parametic determination means connected to and operating under the control of the data processing means in accordance with the input data is operated to determine certain parameters for the documents. Certifying means, under the control of the data processing means, then places a certification imprint upon the documents after necessary accounting is done.







    Search report